The concept of the political

By:

Schwab, George

Language: English Publication details: Chicago : University of Chicago Press c2007Description: xxxi, 126 p. : 22 cmISBN:

9780226738925

Subject(s):

Das Politische; PHILOSOPHY Political; Political science

DDC classification:

320.019 SCH

Summary: In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing oneself for the state--a critique as cogent today as when it first appeared. George Schwab's introduction to his translation of the 1932 German edition highlights Schmitt's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Reference	Anna Centenary Library 3RD FLOOR, B WING	320.019 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Not for loan	697258

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In this, his most influential work, legal theorist and political philosopher Carl Schmitt argues that liberalism's basis in individual rights cannot provide a reasonable justification for sacrificing oneself for the state--a critique as cogent today as when it first appeared. George Schwab's introduction to his translation of the 1932 German edition highlights Schmitt's intellectual journey through the turbulent period of German history leading to the Hitlerian one-party state.

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